North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Dakota House Bill HB1273 Compare Versions

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11 25.0223.03000
22 Sixty-ninth
33 Legislative Assembly
44 of North Dakota
55 Introduced by
66 Representatives Heilman, Bolinske, Kasper, Koppelman, Morton, Toman, Marschall
77 Senators Castaneda, Clemens, Van Oosting, Walen, Powers
88 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota
99 Century Code, relating to the prohibition of a policy, order, or ordinance that limits free speech.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
1111 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
1212 and enacted as follows:
1313 Prohibition on limitation of free speech.
1414 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state or a political subdivision may not adopt
1515 or implement a policy, order, or ordinance that limits or prohibits speech of an individual,
1616 including hate crime ordinances. This section may not be superseded or modified by a city or
1717 county home rule charter or ordinance. A policy, order, or ordinance that violates this section is
1818 void.
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